counteract (v.)
- annul
- antagonize
- baffle
- balance
- balk
- blast
- brave
- cancel
- challenge
- checkmate
- circumvent
- clash
- collide
- conflict
- confound
- confront
- confute
- contend
- contradict
- contrast
- contravene
- controvert
- correct
- counter
- counterattack
- counterbalance
- countercheck
- countermand
- counterpoise
- counterpose
- countervail
- cross
- dash
- defeat
- defy
- destroy
- discomfit
- disconcert
- discountenance
- dish
- disrupt
- elude
- face
- fix
- flummox
- foil
- front
- frustrate
- match
- mitigate
- negate
- negative
- neutralize
- nonplus
- nullify
- offset
- oppose
- oppugn
- perplex
- polarize
- protest
- rectify
- redress
- resist
- right
- ruin
- sabotage
- scotch
- spike
- spoil
- square
- stonewall
- stump
- subtend
- thwart
- traverse
- upset
- withstand